October 23, 2009Like the PGA Tour’s initiation of the FedEx Cup, the Champions Tour decided in 2001 its circuit needed something.Like the benefits of a mid-afternoon latte on a ho-hum workday, the Champions Tour invented the Charles Schwab Cup. Its purpose, as one tournament rolls into another week after week, is to maintain interest throughout a 25-tournament [...]
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April 3, 2009With all due respect to the 15 PGA Tour tournament winners this year — Tigers Woods to Y.E. Yang, Phil Mickelson to Michael Bradley — the season the players anticipate the most hasn’t begun. But it will this week when The Masters unfolds at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
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January 21, 2009Kenny Perry had a career-best season in 2008 with three victories and a key position on the U.S. team that played in the Ryder Cup in his native Kentucky. But early in his career, despite two PGA Tour wins, Perry was an unheralded player, even when victorious. And no one tells the story better than [...]
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October 31, 2008Bernard Langer is no different than many golfers who’ve transitioned from the PGA Tour to the Champions Tour. He hesitated, not knowing if he wanted to compete, or if the circuit on which he became one of golf’s finest international players was finally leaving him behind. What a difference a season makes.
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October 30, 2008The most unique moment I’ve ever seen in a golf tournament wasn’t a monster Tiger Woods’ shot or a missed short putt prohibiting a win. The most unique thing I’ve ever seen was also viewed by millions of others on national television, and it was something you may not want to see again. I know [...]
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